Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. GAzETTE.l
W .cr1-,rc,nn- u q Feb ID 1881

lSpeeial Correspondence of the Alexa. GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. II, 1857.
Mr.. Riddleberger made several attempts
TO have the Senate 90 into executive session
Yesterday evening, but could get no support.
He renewed those attempts to day, stating,
however that be did not suppose for mo-
ment they would succeed, as nothing he pro-
posed did but that he made them because
there were several nominations from his
State that had not been acted upon, and he
wanted the nominees to know that the delay
was not his fault When the vote was first
taken on his motion TO so into executive
session to-day apparently no one, not even
he, voted for it; but when he asked for an
ave ard no vote, he and Messrs Payne. Pal
mel, Sawyer and George voted in the afiirma-
tive.
The Senate yesterday On motion of Gen.
eral Malone took up and passed the follow
ing bill THAT the Secretary OF War be au-
thorzed to exchange four three inch rihed
steel or wrought.iron muzzle loading guns,
mounted and otherwise equipped for ser.
vice, for the four Napoleon twelve.inch braes
guns mounted and otherwise equipped for
service, of the r. e. Lee Volunteer Battery,
of the city of Petersburg, Va: Provided,
That said brass guns are of the Government
model and standard"
Representative Reed in speaking OF the
bill to limit to eight, the hours OF duty OF
mail carriers, says if the bill provided for
four hours instead of eight, it might pas, as
Congress seems indisposed that either its or
the employees of any other branch of the
Government shall do any work. He says
the whole thing is q humbug, and that
though there is Il navy yard in his district,
he has eDnken Gnd voted against it.
Some Of the witnesses paid by the Gov
ernmcnt tc come here and swear that repub-
lican liberty has been subverted in Texas,
have already arrived, and others, numbering
in all sixty, arc expected. Their examina-
ton By Mr.. Hoar will be commenced next
| week
In tho Senate yesterday evening, on mo-
| ton OF MIR. Sawyer, General Mahone's bill
! for paying j. R. Jones, colored, ex-postmss
T. ter at Boydton, and who held that office
and saat ii the Virginia Legislature at
the same time, the sum Of $S4 81, was taken
up and passed.
The Senate to day, at an early hour, took
up the postofiice appropriation bill.
The conference committee on the bill to
break up the Mormon church and confscate
its property, as anticipated by Mr.. Edmunds,
sgreed upon report ct their meeting yes
terday evening This report retains more
of the feature. of the Tucker than of the
Edmunds bill. II will be ready on Monday
and will probably be adopted, but its enc
mics say a vigorous fight will be made
against its consideration in the House.
| Col. AIosby, who is still here, says the
paragraph in this correspondence TO the
| effect that he was writing an article, and
has documents, TO show that Longstreet is
responsible for the Gettysburg disaster was
incorrect. He says he has sent the Century
an article with documents in reply to Long
streets, in which the latter attributes the
loss of the campaign to Stuart's absence.
He saws lie has discovered documents that
exonerate Stuart from all blame and knock
into q cooked hat the charge of Gen. Long
street, in his life Ct Gen. Lee, that Stuart
had acted in disobedience Of orders.
The House foreign affairs committee held
II meeting this morning and commenced the
consideration of the various bills and reso-
lu,ions that have been introduced in Con-
gress ir respect Of the proposed retaliation
upon Canada for her seizure of New Eng
land fishing vessels for inirauiions Of the
treaty Of 1918.
Al the night session of tho House last
night, which was held to consider private
pension bills, some of the republicans were
forced to acknowledge that the pension
business was being run into the ground and
agreed that halt had better be called.
Representative Crrtjn's labor committee
have decided upon their report on the great
| railroad strike in the Southwest last year,
but have notyet formulatedit. The gist oft is
| th at master. VOL man Martin Irons ordered
the strike without sulicieu; cause, aud that
the national government iii all SUCH cases
has the right to suppress and prevent all in
reference with interstate commerce and
with the transportation of the mails.
A private letter received here today from
p prominent New Jersey democratic poll
tician in one Of the counties of his State
represented in the Legislature thereof by
"kicker," stating that when the time comes
for the election of L. S. Senator in that
State, democrat will be chosen.
In the Senate to-day the bills for coast
defenses and for improving the navy, in i'm
aginary anticipation of au Improbable for
eign war. one appropria!ing twentyone
million and the other fifteen million dollars,
were reported iayorab!y, and notice given
that they would DO called up for passage
early next week.
The committee appointed by the Virginia
democratic association Of this city to iuves-
tigatc the statement that Mr.. Abraham, the
new deputy comptroller, is en- unknown
Virginian, and never did his party any SER
vice, did not report at the meeting of that
association last night, because Messrs Moi
fit and Jones, members of thu committee,
were absent, the first being detained at the
House, of which he is an officer, and the lat
ter by sickness. from which, however, he
has partially recovered.
VIRGINIA NEWS.